Happy 49th!

I'm pretty sure that 49 years ago when I posed with my sisters and friends, I wasn't thinking 49 years ahead!!

 

And there are a finite number of photos from our wedding - less than a dozen I think! But it hasn't stopped us from having a wonderful 49 years together!!

Getting married at Christmas time can have drawbacks - my mom and sister-in-law were pretty chagrined that I'd complicated their holidays.

But when you are celebrating your anniversary, the world is full of lights and bells and music and it feels like the whole world is celebrating with you!

Happy 49 years to us!!

Happy 76th Anniversary to Bob and Mary

Well, after 16 years of not being together, Bob and Mary are together again.  

Happy Anniversary to a wonderful pair!

Happy Anniversary to us!

I suppose some would say that starting out life together - in front of a chalkboard - might seem a little tacky.

But you know, it hasn't made a shred of difference.

Although I never could persuade my kids to have a reception at an institute building with a handy, dandy chalkboard for them to stand in front of!

46 years and still going strong!

I pretty much post the same photos every year because there was not a professional photographer at our wedding reception. And there wasn't one outside the temple either.  And it hasn't negatively impacted our life together either.

I'm not saying it's not nice to have lovely photos to remember everything wonderful - especially at a lovely occasion like a wedding. But it's not a requirement!!

We are living proof of that!

Happy 46 years together to both of us!!

Thank you very much!

20 years ago this month!

Bonny and Bruce met at a baseball game - during Bonny's Santa Barbara years. We loved Bruce from the start - and were certainly glad that Bonny did too! He fit right into our family, and we welcomed him with open arms!

Lots of others welcomed the happy couple on their special day!!

Such a beautiful December day - the kind California does well!

Some of the scheduling revolved around getting Harry home from BYU.

And Noah seemed to enjoy spending the night at Andrew's more than being at the reception! (His comment? "I thought you said it was a party?")

The reception was a week after the wedding - on our 23rd wedding anniversary! (Such a nice way to celebrate!)

Showers "rained" down on the bride to be! (do you love the hair!!)

I told the photographer I wanted one good family shot - and I got it!

Opening gifts on the 23rd - after church. Reminded me of when Dad and I opened our wedding gifts on Christmas Day 1967 - one of my little brothers ran up to me when we arrived and breathlessly informed me that there were lots of presents under the tree - "And they are all for you!!"

A couple of little gentlemen who weren't quite sure that this party was going to "measure up!"

Busy sewing - a labor of love!

Marriage certainly brings new friends into the family - we all love Jinny!

There had been lots of chaos surrounding all the wedding festivities and we hadn't even gotten our tree up and it was December 23rd. As we dined on leftover wedding food and got set up for the opening up of the wedding gifs, Hannah asked rather plaintively, "Is this Christmas?"

A sweet pair of flower girls!

Indeed a happy day for Dad and me. Seeing your first child married is a joyous experience - especially when they have made such an excellent choice!

Ah, Cosmo, always trying to get in on the action - or to chase a ribbon or two!

The beloved Budd and Bamom!!

Shower fun and toilet paper wedding dresses!

Lots of special events surround a wedding day.

Far and away my favorite wedding photo!!

Congrats and best wishes to a wonderful pair of folks we dearly love and appreciate!! Here's to the next several decades - may they be as wonderful as the last two!

Happy 70th Anniversary!!

I tell the same story every year - probably because after 70 years, it hasn't changed!!

On August 17, 1940, Bob and Mary Clayton were married in the Huntington Park Ward chapel. Then they drove to Salt Lake City and were sealed in the temple 3 days later. (Because it just wouldn't be okay for them to drive up there alone and not married!!)

It's a great story - to go with a great marriage.

Happy Anniversary You Two!!

When Phoebe and David got engaged, it was a different sort of experience for Dad and me. For starters, we didn't really know David! We trusted Phoebe's good judgment though, and of course it all turned out that she had made an excellent choice!!

Though they haven't lived close by, we have had many opportunities to visit and get to know David better. This last 2 1/2 week stint was especially gratifying, since I'm feeling like David and I are great friends too, as well as in-laws!!

So here's to many more happy years together - as well as many happy visits from us!!

A decade down!!

In the scope of eternity, a decade is a drop in the bucket. But the decade that has passed since Harry and Dawn got married has certainly brought many changes.

Mostly good ones, I might add.


Congrats to both of you on your day - hope you get to enjoy it!!